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Dear all
I would be very grateful if you could circulate this notice academic colleagues and other users, to alert them that there will be access restrictions to books in Cosin’s Library from later this year.
If you also administer any other mailing lists which are predominantly for researchers or research groups, please also circulate to these, to help convey the message to researchers beyond Durham.
With thanks and best wishes
Judy
Judy Burg
Head of Archives and Special Collections
Culture Durham
Durham University
Palace Green Library
Palace Green
Durham
DH1 3RN
0191 3342965
https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/
https://www.dur.ac.uk/palace.green/
During the academic year 2016-17 Durham University is undertaking a refurbishment project in the Exchequer Buildings within Palace Green Library. This work is a continuation of the multi-£million programme of work at Palace Green Library.
It will restore and refurbish the medieval Exchequer Building and enable greater public access in future, via guided tours. It will however, also place severe restrictions on access to the adjacent Bishop Cosin’s Library.
It will not be possible to retrieve books in response to research requests between 1st September 2016 and completion of the works, anticipated to be sometime in April 2017.
Collections affected are:
·
All printed books in
Bishop Cosin’s Library except those now with shelfmark SB or SB+
·
Maltby Collection (except Maltby++)
·
Winterbottom Collection (except Winterbottom++)
·
Durham University Music Exercises
·
Gaylord
·
Richmond Grammar School
Please note that
Cosin Letter Books and
Cosin manuscripts are not affected by these access restrictions as they are permanently located elsewhere within Palace Green Library.
In order to enable some access to material during this period and to minimise the impact on researchers, we can make arrangements to relocate individual volumes where there is a need for access to copy-specific items.
We request that any researchers seeking access to material contact us
before 26th August 2016, with information about the individual volume(s) they wish to access and the reasons for their need for access to specific copy/ies.
For requests or any queries, please contact Judy Burg, Head of Archives and Special Collections, Palace Green Library,
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